Lapis lazuli has one of the longest, most geographically expansive histories of any gemstone. The oldest known mines, Sar‑e‑Sang in Badakhshan, Afghanistan, were already active by the 7th millennium BC, supplying a deep blue stone so rare that Neolithic and Bronze Age cultures… pic.twitter.com/TJP0NaEbc1
— Dr. M.F. Khan (@Dr_TheHistories) April 17, 2026
Philip Tetlock's results in the early 2000s were the most important in the history of political science: on average, subject-matter experts didn't beat random guessing—and did worse than simple heuristics.
— Werner Zagrebbi🇦🇿 (@zagrebbi) April 16, 2026
If this isn't part of your worldview, you're ngmi pic.twitter.com/KGCA7PVriO
The perfect take off for this swan pic.twitter.com/o7ua6HlJVL
— Science girl (@sciencegirl) April 17, 2026
Like I keep telling you they're actors. Nothing less, nothing more. https://t.co/SRAPltzLfi
— Walter Kirn (@walterkirn) January 29, 2026
Trump is the most libertarian president we've had in decades and libertarians will never forgive him for it https://t.co/WHPme4lwhB
— Matt Forney (@mattforney) April 15, 2026
316 lb stone from Ancient Greece with the inscription: “Bybon, son of Phola, has lifted me over [his] head with one hand.”
— Historic Vids (@historyinmemes) April 16, 2026
The only known reference to Bybon comes from a single inscription carved into a sandstone block discovered at Olympia.
The stone features two deep grooves,… pic.twitter.com/FYCcunMmVC
UAE executed while many in the west called it impossible. The UAE had no nuclear engineers. No regulator. No nuclear history. In 2009, it decided to build four nuclear reactors anyway.
— James 🌸🏴🇦🇺 (@comical_engr) April 16, 2026
By 2024, all four were operating. Delivered on time, on budget, and cleaner than almost… pic.twitter.com/tsPgUBkdjT
After the Battle of Marathon (490 BC), Miltiades offered his helmet to Zeus. On the helmet you can read the inscription: "ΜΙΛΤΙΑΔΕΣ ΑΝΕΘΕΚΕΝ ΤΩΙ ΔΙ" which means "Miltiades dedicated this to Zeus"
— Homer Pavlos (@HomerPavlos) April 16, 2026
Miltiades’ helmet was found at Olympia, in the sanctuary of Zeus, 2.400 years later pic.twitter.com/x9FTSxIHal
Pam Luongo bought six plastic flamingos at a garage sale in March 2019. She stuck them along her front walkway in Beaufort, South Carolina, and forgot about them. By September, seventeen real flamingos were standing in her yard. Wildlife officials couldn't explain it. Caribbean… pic.twitter.com/ijmXFiERlP
— Mr PitBull Stories (@MrPitbull07) April 16, 2026
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